JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version 1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an     attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression     ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version     1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length. (CVE-2024-28102)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0814 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-6681:
    A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS)     attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue     can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

    CVE-2024-28102:
    JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an     attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression     ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version     1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0305 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-6681:
    A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS)     attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue     can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.

    CVE-2024-28102:
    JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an     attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression     ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version     1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of python-jwcrypto installed on the remote host is prior to 0.4.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2763 advisory.

    JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an     attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression     ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version     1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length.

    NOTE: https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-j857-7rvv-vj97NOTE:
    https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/commit/90477a3b6e73da69740e00b8161f53fea19b831f (v1.5.6)     (CVE-2024-28102)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3267 advisory.

    Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) is a centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization     solution for both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments.

    Security Fix(es):

    * JWCrypto: denail of service  Via specifically crafted JWE (CVE-2023-6681)

    * python-jwcrypto: malicious JWE token can cause denial of service (CVE-2024-28102)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3883 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3883-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     September 09, 2024                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : python-jwcrypto     Version        : 0.8.0-1+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-28102     Debian Bug     : 1065688

    It was discovered that there was a potential denial of service (DoS)     attack in python-jwcrypto, an implementation of JSON Web Encryption     and similar object signing standards.

    This could have been exploited by passing python-jwcrypto a malicious     JWE token with a high compression ratio. When the server processed     said token, it would have consumed a lot of memory and processing     time.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     0.8.0-1+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your python-jwcrypto packages.

    For the detailed security status of python-jwcrypto please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-jwcrypto

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4522 advisory.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing     IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to     individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing     knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an     organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless     language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * automation-controller: jinja2: accepts keys containing non-attribute characters (CVE-2024-34064)
    * automation-controller: jwcrypto: malicious JWE token can cause denial of service (CVE-2024-28102)
    * automation-controller: requests: subsequent requests to the same host ignore cert verification     (CVE-2024-35195)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Updates and fixes for automation controller:
    * Fixed a bug where the controller does not respect DATABASES[OPTIONS] setting, if specified     (AAP-26398)
    * Changed all uses of ImplicitRoleField to perform an on_delete=SET_NULL (AAP-25136)
    * Fixed the HostMetric automated counter to display the correct values (AAP-25115)
    * Added Django logout redirects (AAP-24543)
    * automation-controller has been updated to 4.5.8

    Additional changes:
    * aap-metrics-utility has been updated to 0.3.0 (AAP-25875)
    * ansible-core has been updated to 2.15.12 (AAP-25536)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3267 advisory.

    * JWCrypto: denail of service  Via specifically crafted JWE (CVE-2023-6681)

    * python-jwcrypto: malicious JWE token can cause denial of service (CVE-2024-28102)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3267 advisory.

    bind-dyndb-ldap     custodia     ipa     [4.9.13-9.0.1]
    - Set IPAPLATFORM=rhel when build on Oracle Linux [Orabug: 29516674]

    [9.4.13-9]
    - dcerpc: invalidate forest trust intfo cache when filtering out realm domains       Resolves: RHEL-28559
    - Backport latests test fixes in python3-tests       ipatests: add xfail for autoprivate group test with override       ipatests: remove xfail thanks to sssd 2.9.4       ipatests: adapt for new automembership fixup behavior       ipatests: Fixes for test_ipahealthcheck_ipansschainvalidation testcases       test_xmlrpc: adopt to automember plugin message changes in 389-ds       Resolves: RHEL-29908

    ipa-healthcheck     opendnssec     python-jwcrypto     [0.5.0-2]
    - Address potential DoS with high compression ratio       Resolves: RHEL-28697
    - Limit number of iterations for PBES       Resolves: RHEL-23036 RHEL-23037

    python-kdcproxy     python-qrcode     python-yubico     pyusb     slapi-nis     softhsm

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2559 advisory.

  - JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to version 1.5.6, an     attacker can cause a denial of service attack by passing in a malicious JWE Token with a high compression     ratio. When the server processes this token, it will consume a lot of memory and processing time. Version     1.5.6 fixes this vulnerability by limiting the maximum token length. (CVE-2024-28102)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2559 advisory.

    [0.8-5]
    - Address potential DoS with high compression ratio       Resolves: RHEL-28698

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2559 advisory.

    The python-jwcrypto package provides Python implementations of the JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Signature     (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), and JSON Web Token (JWT) JOSE (JSON Object Signing and Encryption)     standards.

    Security Fix(es):

    * python-jwcrypto: malicious JWE token can cause denial of service (CVE-2024-28102)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
252859	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-28102	Nessus	Misc.	medium
239179	TencentOS Server 4: python-jwcrypto (TSSA-2024:0814)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
238804	TencentOS Server 3: idm:DL1 and idm:client (TSSA-2024:0305)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
216811	Amazon Linux 2 : python-jwcrypto (ALAS-2025-2763)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
210497	RHEL 8 : idm:DL1 and idm:client (RHSA-2024:3267)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
206778	Debian dla-3883 : python3-jwcrypto - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
202258	RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update (Moderate) (RHSA-2024:4522)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
200599	Rocky Linux 8 : idm:DL1 and idm:client (RLSA-2024:3267)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
198278	Oracle Linux 8 : idm:DL1 / and / idm:client (ELSA-2024-3267)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
196953	Rocky Linux 9 : python-jwcrypto (RLSA-2024:2559)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
195123	Oracle Linux 9 : python-jwcrypto (ELSA-2024-2559)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
194826	RHEL 9 : python-jwcrypto (RHSA-2024:2559)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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